BILL ANALYSIS
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AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT
Currently, up to 10 percent of educator candidates in educator certification programs may have a grade point average (GPA) below the set minimum. H.B. 1300 would require applicants to educator certification programs who have a GPA below the set minimum to take and pass the state-mandated content examination before being admitted to an educator certification program.
H.B. 1300 amends current law relating to eligibility requirements for admission of certain persons to educator preparation programs.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.
SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. Amends Section 21.0441(b), Education Code, as follows:
(b) Requires the rules of the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) to permit an educator preparation program to admit in extraordinary circumstances a person who fails to satisfy a grade point average requirement prescribed by Subsection (a)(1)(A) or (B), provided that:
(1) Makes no change to this subdivision;
(2) each person admitted as described by this subsection performs, before admission, at a satisfactory level on an appropriate subject matter examination for each subject in which the person seeks certification; and
(3) Redesignates existing Subdivision (2) as Subdivision (3). Makes no further change to this subdivision.
SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2015.